Genealogy Chat

Hi all I have an ancestor that died at the convent hospital,Paul street in Shoreditch, London. I have googled it but nothing came up, anyone got any ideas whether it is still there,or what it might be now. Any ideas gratefully received. Many thanks Kelly

Google the words convent hospital shoreditch and you should see a site about British History online.(Edgware.) I copied this from there: The Edgware General Hospital is outside the old parish at Burnt Oak, Hendon. (fn. 61) The Anglican Convent of St. Mary at the Cross (Sisters of the Poor), (fn. 62) until 1931 known as the Convent of St. Mary of Nazareth, was founded in 1865 in Shoreditch by the Revd. H. D. Nihill. In 1873 land was bought at Edgware to the north of Hale Lane, and by degrees the work of the convent and its hospital at Shoreditch were given up. In 1937 a new hospital block, providing 50 extra beds, was opened at Edgware. It is now a home for sick and incurable children, who are taken in up to the age of 18 and then kept for life if they have no other home. From: 'Edgware: Introduction', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Maybe that's the hospital you are looking for? J.

Using google, there appears to be 'City Health Centre' on Paul St. Dunno if it would be where the old hospital was though.

I think it's safe to say that it's not there anymore as it appears to have moved to Edgware. Can't imagine there being more than one Convent Hospital in Shoreditch, but I might be wrong.

The Convent of St. Mary at the Cross (fn. 58) moved from Shoreditch to land north of Hale Lane, Edgware, between 1873 and 1877. From: 'Edgware: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 163-66. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22457. Date accessed: 06 June 2007.

Hi all James Carrell died in the I890's so would that have been in edgware rather than shoreditch? It states on the death cert that he died at the convent hospital on Pauls st,in the district of Shoreditch. Would that have been the edgeware one? i apologise if i sound thick ha ha

There isn't a Pauls Street in Edgware, at least not so far as google and google maps are concerned.

It is very confusing this. There would appear to be a Paul's Street in Shoreditch though. So when it says it moved, maybe the hospital remained open. I'm not sure. Looks like you'll need to get someone to visit London Records places (is it at Kew??)

Hi Kelly, Found this info on Google don't know if it will help you any!! Betty The Convent of St. Mary at the Cross (fn. 58) moved from Shoreditch to land north of Hale Lane, Edgware, between 1873 and 1877. The chapel, designed as the Lady Chapel to a conventual church which was never built, was not completed until 1890. The buildings, which are in a Victorian Gothic style and of red brick with stone dressings, are the work of James Brooks. From the beginning the rule was founded on that of St. Benedict. The Convent of St. Mary has claimed to be the first Anglican community to recite the Day Hours in Latin; since 1929 the whole of corporate worship has been in that tongue. In 1929 the community was affiliated to the Benedictines of Nashdom Abbey (Burnham, Bucks.), where it found a refuge during the Second World War. From: 'Edgware: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 163-66. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22457. Date accessed: 07 June 2007.